Combined firearm and sword.



J. OI'HUGKI. COMBINED FIREARM AND SWORD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE8,1912.

Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

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IIVyENTOR CA h uck u WITNESSES AITOHPJEYS (I. GIHUOKL COMBINED FXRBARM AND swom). APPLICATION FILED IUNE8,1912.

Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

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WITNESSES INF/EIJTQR John Cahuckny J16} a ATTORFJEYS J. UIHUGKI.

COMBINED FIREARM AND SWORD.

v AYPLIGATION TILED JUNE 8,1912. 'ififigfilfi Patented Feb. 4, 1913,

n h c J B'QHN CBIHUEJHFI, G1 SHEHANDOAH, PENNSYLVANIA.

CGIvIBELlEID FIREARM AND Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filer" Juries, 1512. Serial 1%. 782,451.

vented a new and improved Tuned Firearm and .clw 'd, of which the W111"? is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in weapons, and particularly to combined weapons wherein u plurality of independent ofiensive and defensive weapons combined in one instriunent.

The object in View is to provide a combined instrument having co-scting members which may be used simultaneously or independently for oii ensive and defensive warfare.

Another objectof the invention is to provide a firearm structure on the grip of a sword and to so arrange the some that the sword. and the firearm may be used independently, and that the end of the sword and one end of the guard may be used as sights for the firearm.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a firearm arranged to automatically fire upon the depression or operation of strigger member.

,A practical embodiment of the invention As represented in the accompanying drawings forming a of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout all the views.

Figure l is a side view or" an embodiment of the invention; Fig. 2 is a. top plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a View of the structure shown in Fig. 1 looking from the opposite side, part of the sword being broken away; Fig. at is an en larged longitudinal vertical section through Fig. 2 substantially on the line ll, certain parts being shown in elevation; Fig. is a similar section to that shown in Fi at, with the mechanism shown in position for future firing; Fig. 6 is a section through Fig. 5 substantially on line 6(3; Fig. 7 is a similar View to that shown in Fig. 5 except thst certain parts are broken away and the mech anism is shown in the cocked position; Fig. 8 is asection through Fig. 4 substantially on the line 8-8; Fig. 9 is a section through Fig. 4: on the line 99; Fig. is a section through Fig. 5 substantially on the line 1010; Fig. 11 is a fragmentary bottom plan View of the trigger and associated mechanism; tilld Fig. 12 is a fragmentary side view showing the ejecting cam.

Referring 'tcthe accompanying drawings by numerals, 1 indicates the blcdeot a sword or sober having a point 2 and a guard 3.

with a sighting point 6 which, together with the point 2, provide means for sighting the firearm 7 connected with the sword. The guard 3 is provided with a suitable sperture through which the barrel. 8 of the firearm 7 projects, and which holds the firearm in place, the remaining part of the firearm being properlyheld in place by a suitable retaining screw 9 and by being formed partially from the grip 5, as hereinafter fully described.

The barrel 8 is rovided with the usual chamber 10 in which a cartridge may be forced whenever desired. Adjacent the chamber is arranged a cut-out portion or cartridge discharge aperture 11. Arranged below or opposite the aperture 11 is a magzv zine 12having a. follower 14 pressed by a spring 15. The spring 15 engages the bottom 16 in the usual manner and continues to press the follower i l whereby the cartridges above the follower are continually urged toward the aperture 11. The cartridges, as the same are fed from the mags.- zine strike against the lower surface of an ejecting stop or com 17 and against the housing 18. This places the cartridges in the path of movement of a bolt 19 which is designed to force thecartridges into the chamber 10, as cleairly shown in Fig. 4-. After a cartridge has been forced into the The guard 3 is connected at 4 to a gripe in any desirable manner, and is provided Patented Feb. sl, leis.

chamber 10 the cooking lever 20 may be rewill cause the lower edge of the curl li1fllZG/ 7 member shell to strike againstthe end of the ejecting stop 17, while the upper part of the cartridge is held by the extractor 22. By thus being pulled at one edge and pushed at the other the shell will be thrown out of the housing 18 and a new filled cartridgewill immediatel take its place.

The firing pin 21 is actuatediby a spring 23 pressing against a shoulder 24 rigidly secured to the firing pin. The cocking lever 20 is provided with a slot. 25 and is thus pivotally and loosely connected with the pin 21 so that though the trigger is moved pivotally the pin 21 may be freely reciprocated. The cocking lever 20 is loosely pivoted on a shaft 26 mounted in an. enlargement 27 of the bolt 19. The enlargement 27 is formed with a spring retaining projection 28 for holding the spring 29 in place, and also has depending shoulder portions 30 and 31. The

cocking lever 20 is provided with a big 32 having a cam face 33 designed to strike against the lower surface 34 of the depending shoulder portion 31, and by reason of the shape of these parts the cooking lever 20 is moved to one side or longitudinally of the shaft 26 until the lug 32 has moved to a position above the shoulder portion 31. A spring 35 surrounds the shaft 26 and normally presses the cooking lever 20 toward the shoulder portion 31 so as to cause the stop 32 to engage the same whenever not positively held therefrom. A. thumb operated reciprocating pin 36 is provided for forcing the lug 32 of cooking lever 20 out of engagement with the shoulder portion 31 so as to permit the spring 23 to act. lVhen it, is desired to lock the cocking lever 20 against operation a substantially U-shaped member 37 is moved to a position below the end of the cocking lever 20, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, whereby the cocking lever is not perriiitted to swing. The U-shaped member 37 is provided with a hand-operated pin 38 slidingly mounted in a crank 39 whereby the U-shaped member 37 may be shifted from the position shown in Fig. 4 to the position shown in Fig. 5. 'A suitable aperture 10 is provided for the pin 38 for locking the U- shaped member 37 against movement when in the position shown in Fig. 4, whereby the cooking lever cannot be tripped and consequently the firing pin cannot be operated.

The housing 18 merges into a casing 18 at the rear for protecting and holding spring 29 properly in place. The spring 29 is designed to rest against the end 41 so as to normally press against the bolt 19. The casinn 18' is substantially U-sha )ed in cross.

section and is held rigidly in position at the end all by suitable bolt or screw 9. The casing 18 and a substantially t..-shaped forming part of the guard 3 provide means for inclosing the operating or moving parts of the firearm, and in addition means'for journaling the U-shaped member 37, as well as the cam 23, for engaging the cooking lever 20 when cooking the same.

In operation, when itis desired to fire the firearm or prepare the same" for such an 73 emergency, the end 44- of the rod 45 is pulled or moved longitudinally, whereupon the hook portion 46 thereof will engage the shoulder portion 30 and move the bolt back to substantially the position shown in Fig. 7, whereupon the cocking lever and firing pin are cocked and the lug 32 is caused to snap over the shoulder portion 31; Upon releasing the rod 45 the spring 29 will force the bolt 19 to the position shown in Fig/1, 30 and the bolt will carry with itthe cartridge fed from the magazine 12. If it is not desired to use the firearm immediately, the in 38 is moved, as well as the U-shaped mem er' 37, until the U-shaped member 37 occupies 35! substantially the position shown in Fig.4, which will lock the cocking lever against future movement, whereby the firearm cannot be fired even if the pin 36 is depressed. VVheuit is desired to discharge the firearm the U-shaped member is moved from the position shown in Fig. 4 to substantially the position shown in Figs. 5 and 7, and then the pin 36 is depressed until the stop 32 is forced froni the shoulder portion 31. This will permit the cocking lever to move freelyon its shaft- 26, and will also permit the firing pin to strike a cartridge. Upon explosion of the powder in the cartridge the bullet is,- of course, propelled out of the barrel of the 10!] firearm, and the cartridge shell is forced 'to the rear, together wit-h the bolt 19 and associated parts, until the shell strikes against the ejecting stop 17, whereupon the shell is thrown out. When the bolt is forced back ,105 to the position shown in Fig. 7 the cocking" lever 20 is cocked and the stop 32 carried thereby is forced over the shoulder portion 31. If the pin 36 is not depressed the bolt 19 will make a return movement to the position shown in Fig. 4, but the firing pin will be held against striking. However, if pin 36 is held depressed so that the stop 32 cannot move on to t-heshoulder portion 31, the cooking lever will be permitted a free pivotal movement so that the firing pin will'be allowed to strike as soonas the cartridge has been forced into the chamber 10. This back and forth action will be continued automatically as long as the pin 36-is held depressed and there are cartridges remaining, in the magazine. The firing may be stopped at any time by merely releasing the pin 36.

It will be noted that the aperture 11 is set back farther toward the rear from the barrel 8 than the upper end of the magazine 12. This is to allow the cartridges to be properly fed to the housi ig 18 without permitting the same to pass on through the aperture 11. A covering 47, preferablyof Ledge. e a

e in" said cart-ridges and forcing the same into Solo chamber, a spring engaging one end of I tion, bolt positioned in said grip portioirtor Jy operating said bolt, a reciprocating firing pin a ianged in said bolt, 9. cocking lever of the character described, operating said firing pin, means for locking ri'el, a said cocking lever againstoperation, and

means for releasing said cocking lever.

in a device 03'? the character described, fiirea structure including a barrel, a 7

tiousia magazine for feeding cartridges into said. housing, a reciprocating bolt i formed into a hollowed portion or chamber, firing pin arranged in said reciprocating bolt, one end pro ecting into said chamber, 84)

a spring ac g on said firing pin for'conilally te iding to cause the same to move said in one d ection, a cocking lever pivotally mounted on said bolt in said chamber, said i firing one-ling lever being formed with a slot. in the g5 hoioend, means extending from firing pin aid. coclcin "111 to a co-citeo in! Kid cocking it lies into sni l slot whereby said cocking lever is a lilting member to tecito nioulate said firing pin, means Lid cocking lever, a stop pro said rocking lever, a shoulder ecting from said bolt for engag- "op, and a. movable manually oper- Jl for forcing said stop ofi of said whereby said cocking lever is re- 3 said firing pin is permitted to 9 l, housing associated with 'said 7 :trnied in the shape of a v sword rd, a sword connected said housing, )iOSflilDg bolt arranged in said housing,

; in one for feeding curtiidges into said ti eoclzr v said bolt being adapted to force 1e It cart idge into said barrel, a recipro- 1 arranged insaid bolt for tiringa pivotally mounted cockting said reciprocating arranged on 911C it stop 'nto )QI'i'lOll, nd

"* cing said 11 4 emme cocking lever whereby said firing pin will be cocked, a catch for holding sai cocking lever in its cocked position, a pivotally mounted saftey lock for locking said cock-\ ing lever against movement, and means for Witnesses:

unfastening said catch after said safety lock Jos. RYNTUEWOZ, has been thrown ofi ANDREW BARANIAK.

named to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. JOHN (HHYJGKL 1'11 testimony whereof I have signed my, 

